Retainer-necktie.



C. W.'T. DAVIES.

RETAINER NECKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 1914.

1 172261. Patented Feb. 22,1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 4:9 WASHINGTON, D. c

CHARLES W. T. DAVIES, OF NEW" YORK, N. Y.

EETAINER-NECKTIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Application filed May 5, 1914. Serial No. 836,465.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Cr rARLns WV. T;

D:AVIES,'& subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at New York, county of New following is a specification.

This invention relates to retainer neck-' ties.

Certain retainer neckties which I have heretofore patented, have been provided with tabs located substantially at the 111110- tion of the band and their tying ends and adapted to button over the front collar stud for the purpose of holding the neckband around the collar in order to relieve from strain the knot made up from the tying ends. Collars being now generally made in quarter sizes, dealers must keep in stock a large number of difierent sizes of these double tabbed retainer neckties, as

such a necktie must be of a size exactly adapted to the collar worn, which. was the purpose of tie double tabbed necktie, as originally invented by myself.

The present invention provides a single tab constituting a fixed anchorage on one side only of the necktie, against which, on the contrary, a considerable strain must be brought in order to cinch the knot fixedly at that point, whereby the necktie, instead of being limited to use only on one given size of collar, as heretofore, may be worn on different sizes within certain limits, thus minimizing the number of sizes of retainer neckties the dealer must carry in stock and making it unnecessary for the user to select an exact size of tie. Furthermore, the provision of but one tab lessens the cost and detail of manufacture and simplifies for the wearer the manipulation of the necktie when being tied. I wish it understood, however, that the present invention does not reside merely in the omission of one of the two tabs of my earlier patented retainer neckties, but on the contrary, consists in the provision, on a necktie, of a single buttonholed tab constructed, arranged and adapted in a special manner, as my extended ex perience with retainer neckties has proved that only when constructed, arranged and adapted substantially as set forth, can a single buttonholed tab be effectively employed for the purpose contemplated.

In the accompanying dr wings: Figure 1 is a view of the completed necktie, its single tab depending vertically from one extremity of the neckband, dotted lines showing the position of the tab when folded upward to either side'of the neckband; Figs. 2, 3, 4t and 5, detail views, taken along the lines 6-7" of Fig. 1, showing modifications in the shape and disposition of the tab; Fig. 6, a perspective showing the necktie suspended by its tab from the front shirt collar stud, before the collar is buttoned in front; Fig. 7, a similar view showing the necktie anchored to the collar stud after the collar has been buttoned, the position of the tab, concealed behind both collar and tie, being shown in dotted lines; and Fig. 8, a similar view showing the position of the tab after a strain has been brought against it by pulling on the free end of the tie, preparatory to tying the knot.

I provide the necktie on one extremity of its neckband B with a freely projecting, buttonholed tab a of comparatively short and broad dimensions, its connection with the band B extending, for an appreciable distance, along a base line, b-0, running longitudinally of the neckband B, as differentiated from extending transversely of the band B, so that, when the tab is hinged or folded to either side of its base line, it will lie transversely across the band and in a substantially vertical direction in relation thereto. The buttonholed tab, thus specifically positionechand proportioned, permits of the tie being suspended thereby on the front collar stud before the collar is buttoned up in front, as shown in Fig. 6, and then, after the neckband has been turned up to lie with its inner face fiat against the collar, being held down along the extended base line, b-c, common to both tie and tab, by a snug vertically downward and continuous longitudinal tension, brought about by the interposed and impeding lower edge of the buttoned collar, exactly at the front collar stud, as shown in Fig. 7

As the height of the usual buttonholes nade in the front closure ends of both .001-

lars and shirts has become standardized to about three-eighths of an inch from their lower ends, so also may the height ofthe terminal of the buttonhole O in the tab from the base line bo be correspondingly limited to substantially not over one-half an inch, the extra one-eighth of an inch being allowed for the curve of the tab, near its the tab, by pulling on the free end of the tie preparatory to tying the knot (Fig. 8)'

the forward connection point 0 assumes a position substantially in vertical line with, and not to the rear of, the collar stud, even when the main body of the tab itself has been pulled to a slightly oblique direction in relation thereto. This is caused by the dimensions and positioning of the tab and its buttonhole, substantially as hereinbefore CSi forth.

hen tying the knot, the connection at 0 prevents the free, orerlooping, end of the necktie from passing up far back of the collar stud at that point and also prevents the under-folding tying end from rising at the same point, thus preventing a tied knot from shifting upwardly, downwardly or sidewise from the collar stud.

In the above description I have advisedly used the word tab with the understanding that a tab is a solid body, preferably flex ible, as distinguished from a loop or other member of a filamentary character," which latter would not be effectual, as furnishing no extended base line along which the nee essary continuous friction could be exerted to hug the tab between the shirt and tie,

below the interposed collar edge, and pre-' vent the connectingpoint c from shifting to the rear of the collar stud. The expressions forward and rearward, above used, are intended tormean, respectively, as toward or away from the tying ends of the tie.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent, is: V r

A necktie provided with a single tab in the region of the juncture of its neckband and on of its tying ends whose connection to said neckband is along an extended or relatively wide hinging baseline arranged substantial] longitudinally of the necktie, said tab having a buttonhole whose studengaging end is normally located rearwardly or toward the neckband from the forward endof said extended base line, whereby,

when strain is brought against the tab by pulling on the free end of the tie preparatorv to tvin the knot the forward connection point of the base line of the tab is pre-' rented from assuming a position of the collar stud.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. T. DAVIES. J i tnesses i B. M. SWIFT, ELLEN TUDOR DAVIES.

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